[11/29/06 - 11:39 AM]Nia Long to Guest Star on ABC's "Boston Legal"She'll play a disciplined, ambitious, micro-managing new associate from the New York office of Crane Poole & Schmidt during a three-episode arc.

[via press release from ABC]

NIA LONG TO GUEST STAR ON ABC�S �BOSTON LEGAL�

Award-winning actress Nia Long will guest star in a three-episode arc of ABC�s critically acclaimed, award-winning drama series, �Boston Legal.� Long will play Vanessa Walker, a disciplined, ambitious, micro-managing new associate from the New York office of Crane Poole & Schmidt who comes to Boston to solicit Alan Shore�s help.

In addition to her work in box office hits such as �Big Momma�s House� and �Big Momma�s House 2,� opposite Martin Lawrence, Long has also starred in several independent feature films and television shows. Other credits include Mario Van Peebles� critically acclaimed film, �Baadasssss!,� �Best Man,� �Stigmata� and �Soul Food.� Upcoming film projects include �Are We Done Yet?,� where she will once again co-star with Ice Cube in this sequel to �Are We There Yet?� She will also appear in the upcoming �Premonition,� starring Sandra Bullock.

�Boston Legal� was created by David E. Kelley. Kelley, Bill D�Elia and Janet Leahy are executive producers. The series is produced by David E. Kelley Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, and premiered October 3, 2004.